Ten Most Expensive Art Books Sold in 2008

Beautiful and eye-catching art books have always been in demand on AbeBooks. Collectors are willing to pay high prices for rare and signed works. Limited editions featuring Picasso, Joan Miro and Jeff Koons are all on the list of the 10 most expensive art books purchased from AbeBooks this year. Discover what’s on the bookshelves of big spending art lovers.

Edited by Stephen Gans

One of only 1,000 printings of Visionaire’s first issue. The magazine is a self-described 'multi-format album.' Published since 1991, the limited edition issues are stunningly creative and instantly collectible.

Jeff Koons

Work by this American-born artist sells for millions at auction with sculptural installations in New York, Bilboa, Berlin and London. This exhaustive monograph covers Koon’s career from 1979 onwards. Each of the 1,500 limited editions have been numbered and signed.

Alvar Aalto

This Finnish architect and designer is recognized as the ‘Father of Modernism.’ Among his creations, the Paimio Chair is known around the world, and the design was displayed at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. This 4,500-page collection contains the full work on Aalto’s building and projects.

Wolf Vostell

One of 50 signed and numbered copies issued in a wood case with a plexiglass slipcover and a photo of Vostell affixed to the inside cover. Complete with 15 folded posters, a signed silk screen print, packet of Bromo Seltzer and a piece of matzoh.